South Africa vows support for ousted Mauritanian president
2008-11-27
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe pledged his country's support to ousted Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, PANA reported on Wednesday (November 26th). In a telephone conversation with Abdellahi Tuesday, Motlanthe reaffirmed his country's support for restoring constitutional order in Mauritania. The conversation with the South African president reflects the international community's interest in Mauritania, a source close to the anti-junta National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) was quoted as saying.
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